Heating attachment.



Patented July 17, I900.

NI'TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN M. PEVEY, OF W'ORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

H EATING ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,878, dated July 17, 1900.

- Application filed June 19,1899.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN M. Pnvnv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Heating Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a heating attachment or support for use in connection with an ordinary gas-burner, lamp, or other source of heat; and the object of my invention is to provide an attachment which may be conveniently secured to a wall or other support, which may be allowed to hang down out of the way when not in use, and which may be employed for supporting a pail or other liquid-receptacle in position to be heated by the flame of the gas-burner or lamp, or which may be employed for supporting curling-tongs or other light articles which it is desired to heat by the flame of the gas-burner or lamp.

To this end my invention consists of the supporting-bracket and of the combinations therewith, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view showing the manner in which a heating attachment constructed according to my invention may be employed in connection with a gas-jet. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the position in which my attachment may be supported when not in use. Fig. 3 is a side view showing a heating attachment constructed according to my invention combined with a curling-iron holder. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views illustrating different positions in which curling-tongs may be supported by a holder constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the hook of my heating attachment combined with a chain for supporting articles at difierent heights.

A heating attachment constructed according to my invention comprises a bracket or support preferably formed of two wire sections. The lower section or arm is preferably bent or shaped out of wire, so as to be provided with a hook near one end and with a footpiece for bearing upon the wall near its opposite end. Extending from the footpiece of the lower arm or section of a supporting-bracket Serial No. 721,008. (No model.)

constructed according to my invention is an end for detachably engaging a socket or recess in the wall or other support to which the bracket is applied. A twisted loop or eye is preferably formed in the lower wire arm of a bracket constructed according to my inven= tion, and extending from the twisted loop or eye is a second wire piece or rod which connects the arm of the bracket with a screw-eye or other support secured in the wall. By means of this construction the bracket may be set into position to extend out from a Wall and form a sufficiently-rigid support for car: rying a liquid-receptacle, such as a pail or other article which it is desired to heat, and when the attachment is not in use the same may be allowed to hang down against the wall entirely out of the way.

In order to utilize my heating attachment for supporting curling-tongs or similar light articles, I have provided a curling-iron sup port preferably made of wire which can be detachably connected to the hooked end of the Wire bracket, and in order to employ my heating attachment for supporting articles at difierent desired elevations I may employ a chain any one of whose links may be slipped over the hook of the bracket.

Referring to the drawings and in detail, A designates a wall. Extending from the wall A is an ordinary side-wall gas-burner B.

My heating attachment for use in connection with the gas-burner or other suitable source of heat, as herein illustrated, comprises a bracket consisting of a wire arm 10, having a hook 11 at one end thereof and a base or footpiece 12 near its opposite end for resting against the wall. Extending in from the base or footpiece 12 is an end 13 for fitting into a socket-piece 14, secured in the wall A. The wire arm or piece 10 is preferably provided with an eye or coiled section 15, and a second wire piece or link 16 is employed for connecting the eye 15 with a screweye or other suitable support 17, secured in the wall. By means of this construction the bracket formed by the wire sections 10 and 16 may be secured in place to extend from the wall, so as to support a pail or other re ceptacle, as C, over the flame of the gas-jet, and when the attachment is not in use the end section 13 may be pulledout of its socket 14 in the wall, so that the wire arms 10 and 16 will hang down from the screw-eye 17 and lie closely against the wall out of the way, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

In order to support articles at different desired elevations, the hook 11 of the bracket may be combined with a light chain, as 18, (shown in Fig. 6,) and any link of the chain may be slipped over the hook 11 to secure the desired elevation.

In order to employ my heating attachment as a support for heating curling-tongs, I preferably combine the same with a curling-iron holder comprising two wire sections. As

illustrated most clearly in Fig. 3, the wire section 19 is provided at its upper end with an eye 20 for fitting over the hook 11 and with knees or bends 21, which form a socket for engaging the wire 10 of the bracket. At its lower end the wire piece 19is bent to form a socket 22, the extreme end of the wire 19 being bent back upon itself to form a springcatch 23 for detachably securing the curlingiron holderin place. The curling-iron holder itself consists of a piece of wire having an elongated eye or socket 24: near one end for receiving the handles of the curling-tongs, a bent-up portion 25 for detachably engaging the wire section 19, and an eye or socket 26, through which the shank of the curling-tongs may pass. The free end of the wire which is bent to form the loop or socket 24 is preferably bent back upon itself, as at 27, to form an eye, which may be hung upon the hook 11 when it is desired to support the curling-tongs in the vertical position, (illustrated in Fig. 5,) although I prefer to employ the same for supporting curling-tongs in the horizontal position. (Illustrated in Fig. 4.)

I am aware that changes may be made in the construction of my heating attachment by those skilled in the art and that the same may be combined with other supports or attachments without departing from the scope of my invention as expressed in the claims. I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the form which I have herein shown and described; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. As an article of manufacture,-a heating attachment comprising two wire arms or seetions, one of said sections having a footpiece for bearing against the wall, an end extending therefrom to engage a socket in the wall, and a hook at its outer end, and the second piece of wire forming a supporting-link for pivotally connecting an intermediate point of the first wire piece to a point on the wall above the socket into which the end of said wire piece fits, whereby said heating attachment may hang closely to the wall when not in use, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described the combination of a wire arm 10, having a hook 11, a loop 12, forming a footpiece for hearing against the wall with an end 13 extending from the footpiece 12 to detachably engage a. socket in the wall, and a wire supportingbrace pivotally connecting a loop or eye 15 formed in the wire 10 intermediate of its ends with a fixture or eye in the wall whereby the device may hang down out of the way when not in use, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a bracket or support having a hook at its outer end, and a wire holder for curling-tongs having an eye or loop 20 for engaging the end of the hook, and bends or knees 21 having a socket for holding the same from turning thereon, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a bracket or support comprising a wire arm having a hook 11 at its outer end, and a wire holder for curlingtongs comprising a downwardly-extending wire socket 19 having an eye 20 for engaging the end of the hook 11, elbows or knees 21 forming a socket for preventing the same from turning, said wire 19 having a socket or loop 22 at its lower end, the end of the wire being bent back and forming a spring-catch 23 for detachably engaging the bent-out section of a holder for curling-tongs consisting of a piece of wire bent to form sockets 24 and 26 near its opposite ends for supporting a pair of curling-tongs in a substantially-horizontal position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN M. PEVEY.

\Vitnesses: I

LOUIS W. SOUTHGATE, PHILIP W. SOUTHGATE. 

